https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/04/18/man-arrested-for-arson-in-san-jose-home-depot-fire/

A man has been arrested and charged with igniting a massive blaze that destroyed a Home Depot earlier this month in South San Jose, authorities said Monday, as newly released records show that the store had been cited by city fire inspectors for failing to show proof its fire alarm and sprinkler systems were fully operational.

Authorities believe the man arrested ignited the five-alarm fire that broke out on April 9 in the lumber section of the Home Depot at 920 Blossom Hill Road. No one died in the fire — which was so intense at its peak that its heat signature was detected in space by orbiting weather satellites — though the residual effects left neighborhood residents fending off noxious smoke for at least two days after.